Make THOUSANDS of DOLLARS as a beekeeper! ( with only a few hives) 

True!

Okay thank you for the info. Where do you get the beekeeping stuff.

really didnt have to change the words.. the original words are " During gold rush.. the most money was made from selling shovels than digging for gold"

@@socraticview9411retiring beekeepers

@@socraticview9411 I’m sure he has a link in his bio 😂

That’s amazing!

Where do you live? I Need a swarm or two

@@-Never-bored north west alabama

When catching swarms I would think you need to be very close to other hives. I mean.....you just can't put a trap far away. Right? How far do scouts go and will the swarm follow...let's say 5 to 10 miles.

@@davidhefner5668 bees will travel up to 5 miles for food or a new home. I have caught swarms in the middle of the city.

Don’t give up!

I'd like more information please. I'm in Southwest Florida and spent all day yesterday driving around Central looking for bee farms. I'd love to check it out! Thanks!

If you check the Florida Apiary registry you can find all near you and can reach out to people from there.

Awesome you got a channel video?

Hey, can you guide me on this part please? I want to venture into this business

@@makeeverydaycount9381 all you need is passion for bees. Study about them first. Study about the area you are See how they do it in your area. Online swing some videos is ok. But each person has his own style and you will develop your on style as well. Many people here online they don’t tell you how to do. They tell you how they do it. So you can adapt on what you see. This is a job or hobby what you have to steal it How to say to learn to create your own style. I start with stationary hives but when I go to pastoral is another technology and even bees react in different way. I have bees from stationary hives if I put them in travel they did not perform the same as other So is about genetic formation of the bees. ( to not say how to teach them because they don’t leave long - But they create a genetic line and knowledge pass on generations. Me personally I did not agree on getting swarms. We have a saying what is from the tree in the tree will go ! Is mean they are possible to swarm on you always. So you need to have a line of queens or bees and technique to not have swarms ....to exchange the queen quietly. Many things to learn about it. Don’t look at making money at first. You have to love what you do first. I rarely use sugar syrup only if I did not have reserves of honey to give them. But I leave them enough honey to pass the winter I never put my hand longer inside to take more honey. More to say I rise them in natural way I try to keep that nature format for them to have heathy hives. Sugar syrup is like water for a baby when you need to feed him milk

The entire tower. The deeper bigger boxes are for brood rearing. The queen will stay in there and the smaller boxes on top are called supers. That’s where the honey will be collected from

Fun!

Yes! I started a beekeeping club for high school students. We meet every Friday and now have 5 hives!

You prob will still get a 100 lbs a year w 2 hives!

That’s how it starts….. God speed pilgrim

Dang you made me look

Yes! I think big key is grow slowly. Make mistakes when you have 1-3 hives, not when you have 10.

Yes , you might get lucky getting a swarm, but if u really want to start beekeeping this spring I would purchase bees and try to catch a swarm as a bonus hive

@@WhistleThicket THANKS, WELL ILL HAVE BUILD UP TO THIS YR TO START 2023 I DONT HAVE MONEY GET STARTED.

Thanks! He just turned 2!

Yes! I can also raise my selling prices about 15 percent more than when I sell at a farmers market. The market is only 3-4 hours, so priced to sell quickly. The benefit of a store partnership is they have weeks to sell.

@@WhistleThicket honey never goes bad

Maybe not your first year or so, but if you do it right you will, especially if u make some of your own woodenware.

Buy older hives?

If you don’t understand business, you will not make money no matter what you do!

A lot! Also 1 hive plus Bess plan on about 500 bucks investment. Now if u have strong hives I. The spring you can split them. You also won’t always get honey from every hive every year. Depends on your area too- how many times can you harvest a year and how much nearby nectar is available? 1 healthy hive that produces honey plus the wax I use to make a few things I would say is about 250-400 profit a year.

Thanks he’s almost 2 now!

@@WhistleThicket He will be somthing hopefully :)

The adventure begins!

Yes

Yes that’s what I do

Those dang yellow jackets!

They are called Muth jars, hope that helps for searching!

Sourwood mainly blooms in July to August. goldenrod will usually start late August September

Disease, mites

You can, just know the source of the frames, look for mold and disease

Possibility for diseases.

Sure , last year I made about 3000 profit from beekeeping, mainly from honey, but also some beeswax products like candles, lotion bars, beard balm, wood butter. For 10 hives I probably spend about 100 on mite treatment, 100 on supplemental feed, and I bet 300 in bottles! I usually buy 1 hive each year as backup, those are about 150.

Thank you for the information

Thanks! The mountains of North Carolina!

You won’t regret it, just don’t give up , most beekeepers quit by year 3!

@@WhistleThicket We are definitely not going to quit!! 😁 Too much fun educating 10 and 4 yo grandkids! Forgotten art!! Thanks again ✅😁👍👍🏴‍☠️

Blue ridge mountains around 3000 feet on the nc / tn border. Right in the middle of the sourwood stronghold.

You have to become a botanist of your local area. Put on supers when the right flowers are blooming. Sourwood only grows in any great abundance in the mountains of ga, Tn, and Nc, so can only get sourwood here

Thanks!

Pasteurizing honey will stop it from crystallizing. Heat it to 140F in a double boiler.